Avoiding Conflict

A friend of mine recently used the term “skirmish” to refer to a bit of a tiff she had experienced with a close friend. I was still thinking about that when I was catching up with a few days reading in a book by Mark Nepo (The Book of Awakening: Having the Life […]

Hidden Gifts

New Smyrna Beach, Florida, December 28, 2011 I am once again brushing up against a profound spiritual truth about the gifts hidden within adversity, pain and apparent loss. If a powerful soul lesson could fit neatly into the lyrics of just one song, it would probably have to be Country Western! This truth […]

Deep Gratitude!

We could hold my husband responsible for the rest of the storythat is the basis for this blog entry, because he is the one who bought a go kart for the kids when our grandson, Adam, was only about four, but the truth is Adam was born loving to drive. As a toddler, he would […]

It’s Christmas, All Over the World

In many places around the planet, 25 December is celebrated as Christmas, a “remembrance” of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. For many years, this was a very significant day of the year for me personally, and religiously, but what might it mean to those who are not Christian? Long before Christianity, people recognized the […]

We’re Going Home, Toto…

It popped into my head that you can think about Wizard of Oz as an energy metaphor: you must follow the yellow brick road to get to the Emerald City. Ruby red slippers….  There’s no place like home….

This is my daughter’s cubical at work. She won a prize! The more you think about it, […]